Itâs time for the 44th Annual Kent State Folk Festival and this yearâs edition of the multi-day music festival will have a night headlined for the first time by a Kent native, one Miss Jessica Lea Mayfield as well as the guy who plays just before her rootsy Americana singer/songwriter Tim Easton originally of Akron. There will also be a few return performers including Eddie From Ohio and Loudon Wainwright III as well as an appearance from indie folkers The Cave Singers.

But, first up at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Kent Stage will be a musical gumbo of international flavors dubbed âA Night of Brazilian Music.â